Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) nonmetallic minerals (except coal, stone, sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals). Drylake brine operations are included in this industry, as well as establishments engaged in producing the specified minerals from underground and open pit mines. Illustrative Examples: Barite mining and/or beneficiating Phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating Borate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating Potash mining and/or beneficiating Peat mining and/or beneficiating Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector comprises establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity. The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector distinguishes two basic activities: mine operation and mining support activities. Mine operation includes establishments operating mines, quarries, or oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis. Mining support activities include establishments that perform exploration (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract or fee basis and/or other mining services on a contract or fee basis (except mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Establishments in the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector are grouped and classified according to the natural resource mined or to be mined. Industries include establishments that develop and/or operate the mine site, extract the natural resources, beneficiate (i.e., prepare) the mineral mined, or provide mining support activities. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site. Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a single location. Separate receipts will be collected for these activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out between mining and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry nonmetallic minerals, and then beneficiate the nonmetallic minerals into more finished manufactured products are classified based on the primary activity of the establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount of finished products will be classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. An establishment that mines whose primary output is a more finished manufactured product will be classified in Sector 31-33, Manufacturing. |
| 212 | Mining (except Oil and Gas) 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector primarily engage in mining, mine site development, and beneficiating (i.e., preparing) metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals, including coal. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include ore extraction, quarrying, and beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, sizing, concentrating, and flotation), customarily done at the mine site. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles which can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, centrifugal separation, and so on. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis, distillation, and so on. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both stages: the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site. Establishments in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector include those that have complete responsibility for operating mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) and those that operate mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a contract or fee basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), required for the mining and quarrying of minerals are classified in Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining. |
| 2123 | Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing mine sites, or in mining or quarrying nonmetallic minerals (except fuels). Also included are certain well and brine operations, and preparation plants primarily engaged in beneficiating (e.g., crushing, grinding, washing, and concentrating) nonmetallic minerals. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles which can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site. |
| 21239 | Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 212390. |
| 212390 | Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) nonmetallic minerals (except coal, stone, sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals). Drylake brine operations are included in this industry, as well as establishments engaged in producing the specified minerals from underground and open pit mines. Illustrative Examples: Barite mining and/or beneficiating Phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating Borate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating Potash mining and/or beneficiating Peat mining and/or beneficiating Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating |
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Classification References
- 01Mining or quarrying stone--are classified in Industry 21231, Stone Mining and Quarrying;
- 02Mining, quarrying, or beneficiating sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals--are classified in Industry 21232, Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying;
- 03Calcining, dead burning, or otherwise processing (i.e., beyond basic preparation) minerals, such as talc, mica, feldspar, barite, and soapstone--are classified in U.S. Industry 327992, Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing;
- 04Manufacturing sodium carbonate, boron compounds, and/or potassium salts--are classified in Industry 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing;
- 05Manufacturing table salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing;
- 06Manufacturing industrial salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
- 07Manufacturing phosphoric acid, superphosphates, or other phosphatic fertilizer materials--are classified in U.S. Industry 325312, Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing; and
- 08Providing support activities (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation) for the mining of nonmetallic minerals (except fuel) on a contract or fee basis--are classified in U.S. Industry 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining.
Index Items
Abrasive stones (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) mining and/or beneficiating
Abrasives, natural (except sand), mining and/or beneficiating
Agate mining and/or beneficiating
Alabaster mining and/or beneficiating
Alum, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Alunite mining and/or beneficiating
Amblygonite mining and/or beneficiating
Amethyst mining and/or beneficiating
Apatite mining and/or beneficiating
Arsenic mineral mining and/or beneficiating
Asbestos mining and/or beneficiating
Ash, volcanic, mining and/or beneficiating
Asphalt rock mining and/or beneficiating
Asphalt, native, mining and/or beneficiating
Barite mining and/or beneficiating
Barium ores mining and/or beneficiating
Barytes mining and/or beneficiating
Borate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Borax, crude, ground or pulverized, mining and/or beneficiating
Boron compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
Boron mineral mining and/or beneficiating
Brimstone mining and/or beneficiating
Burrstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Calcined phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
Calcite mining and/or beneficiating
Catlinite mining and/or beneficiating
Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
Chasers mining and/or beneficiating
Colemanite mining and/or beneficiating
Corundum mining and/or beneficiating
Cryolite mining and/or beneficiating
Diamonds, industrial, mining and/or beneficiating
Diatomaceous earth mining and/or beneficiating
Diatomite mining and/or beneficiating
Dragstones mining and/or beneficiating
Dried phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
Earth, diatomaceous, mining and/or beneficiating
Emery mining and/or beneficiating
Fertilizer minerals, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Fill dirt pits mining and/or beneficiating
Fluorite mining and/or beneficiating
Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
Garnet mining and/or beneficiating
Gem stone (e.g., amethyst, garnet, agate, ruby, sapphire, jade) mining and/or beneficiating
Gilsonite mining and/or beneficiating
Glauber's salt mining and/or beneficiating
Grahamite mining and/or beneficiating
Graphite mining and/or beneficiating
Greensand mining and/or beneficiating
Grinding pebbles mining and/or beneficiating
Grindstones mining and/or beneficiating
Guano mining and/or beneficiating
Gypsite mining and/or beneficiating
Gypsum mining and/or beneficiating
Hones mining and/or beneficiating
Humus, peat, mining and/or beneficiating
Iceland spar (i.e., optical grade calcite), mining and/or beneficiating
Jade mining and/or beneficiating
Kernite mining and/or beneficiating
Lepidolite mining and/or beneficiating
Lithium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
Marcasite mining and/or beneficiating
Meerschaum mining and/or beneficiating
Mica mining and/or beneficiating
Millstones mining and/or beneficiating
Mineral pigments, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Muriate of potash, mining
Muscovite mining and/or beneficiating
Native asphalt mining and/or beneficiating
Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating
Ocher mining and/or beneficiating
Oilstones mining and/or beneficiating
Optical grade calcite mining and/or beneficiating
Ozokerite mining and/or beneficiating
Pavers mining and/or beneficiating
Peat grinding
Peat humus mining and/or beneficiating
Peat mining and/or beneficiating
Pebbles grinding
Perlite mining and/or beneficiating
Phlogopite mining and/or beneficiating
Phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
Pigments, natural, mineral, mining and/or beneficiating
Pipestones mining and/or beneficiating
Potash mining and/or beneficiating
Potassium bromide, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Potassium chloride mining and/or beneficiating
Potassium compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
Potassium compounds, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Potassium salts, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Pozzolana mining and/or beneficiating
Precious stones mining and/or beneficiating
Probertite mining and/or quarrying
Pulpstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Pumice mining and/or beneficiating
Pumicite mining and/or beneficiating
Pyrite concentrates mining and/or beneficiating
Pyrite mining and/or beneficiating
Pyrophyllite mining and/or beneficiating
Pyrrhotite mining and/or beneficiating
Quartz crystal, pure, mining and/or beneficiating
Reed peat mining and/or beneficiating
Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
Rubbing stones mining and/or beneficiating
Ruby mining and/or beneficiating
Salines mining and/or beneficiating
Salt, common, mining and/or beneficiating
Salt, rock, mining and/or beneficiating
Sapphire mining and/or beneficiating
Scoria mining and/or beneficiating
Screening peat
Scythestones mining and/or beneficiating
Sedge peat mining and/or beneficiating
Selenite mining and/or beneficiating
Semiprecious stones mining and/or beneficiating
Shell mining and/or beneficiating
Shredding peat mining and/or beneficiating
Sienna mining and/or beneficiating
Sintered phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
Soapstone mining and/or beneficiating
Soda ash mining and/or beneficiating
Soda ash, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Sodium borates, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Sodium carbonates, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Sodium chloride, rock salt, mining and/or beneficiating
Sodium compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
Sodium compounds, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Sodium sulfate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Spar, iceland, mining and/or beneficiating
Spodumene mining and/or beneficiating
Staurolite mining and/or beneficiating
Steatite mining and/or beneficiating
Stones, abrasive (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice), mining and/or beneficiating
Strontianite mining and/or beneficiating
Strontium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
Sulfate, sodium, mining and/or beneficiating
Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
Sulfur, native, mining and/or beneficiating
Talc mining and/or beneficiating
Tripoli mining and/or beneficiating
Trona mining and/or beneficiating
Turquoise mining and/or beneficiating
Ulexite mining and/or beneficiating
Umber mining and/or beneficiating
Vermiculite mining and/or beneficiating
Volcanic ash mining and/or beneficiating
Whetstones mining and/or beneficiating
Wollastonite mining and/or beneficiating
Wurtzilite mining and/or beneficiating
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